Health is in the news.
The top four candidates President were Ted Cruz 45, Bernie Sanders 75, Donald Trump 70, and Hillary Clinton 69. Trump and Clinton will beginning the age bracket as Ronald Reagan.
Through what many went think was a disappointing process to get us to this point, we have two candidates who are old. Part of it I think is our fault for only recognizing people that we have seen in media forever. Definitely I think the media is responsible for not making it easier for people who are qualified yet not as known. It seems like we have settled for the lowest common denominator in reality TV. We could say the fix was in.
I was watching a PBS show on Churchill's second term in the 50s in which he went through a major stroke and recovered. At that time people did not know about it. This is seems is that instinct in politics to never let on that there is health problems. I think it was in the program where Churchill said growing “old is not for cowards”. There is an heroic element older politicians struggle to do their job in declining health. They do make contributions. I also think it is remarkable that government can continue when a president or leader is hospitalized or recovering.
If you get a chance look at the actual letters from doctors who have done the physicals you will notice age in the reports of both Donald and Hillary. Compare your own health numbers to the candidates and you may find similarities. Hillary has blood thinners, Trump statin drugs. Both could probably lose little weight.
How does an aging president take care of their health? Does having an older president come with certain risks? I think we are of the mind set that life should be problem free?
One of these two will be the next president of United States. The health problems that come to people in their 70s will be part of their story. Given the record of how we normally will hear optimistic reports. If it is bad we are likely not hear anything. Or if it's like reality TV maybe we'll we will get privy into the bathroom. God save the president.
Death and struggle does come to the Whitehouse
Reagan was shot and rec
overed at age 70 in assassination attempt. It can be argued that he battled with the effects from the assassination throughout his presidency. He was able to serve effectively into his second term. It appears he was able to manage the last two years with the onset of Alzheimer’s.
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| We can learn from our past FDR |
Pres. Eisenhower at the end of his office had a heart attack at 67.
John Kennedy died at 46 by lethal gunshot.
Franklin Roosevelt died the age of 63 of cerebral hemorrhage. He and had long term battle with this health after he had polio. He was able to hide is paralysis with the cooperation of the press.
Warren Hardy was 57 when he died of a heart attack.
William McKinley died at the assassin's bullet at the age of 58.
James Garfield was 49 years old when he died from an assassin. I found it very interesting to learn about his assassination and how poisonous the thinking can be in politics.
Abraham Lincoln was 56 when he was killed by and assassin.
Zachary Taylor died of "bilious diarrhea, or a bilious cholera” at age 65. Whatever it was sounds awful. Did his age contribute to his death?
William Harrison died of pneumonia he caught up from a cold from too long of a speech at his inauguration he was 68. There is something to learn about that. We tend to immortalize short speeches.
Take a look yourself.
http://www.wsj.com/public/resources/documents/HRC_physician_letter09142016.pdf
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